सूक्तिमुक्तावली - सन्मार्ग

उदकुम्भे ह्युदकुम्भं ग्राम्यावहन्ति निजशिरसि
    विवदन्तेऽप्यन्योन्यं तथाऽपि नाघोजलं पतति ।
सन्मार्गविप्रवसितः स्थितौहि कस्यामपि वसन्नेवं
    सन्मार्गादच्युतिकृत् कृत्यं संलक्ष्यचेह वर्तेत ॥

- सूक्तिमुक्तावली

udakumbhe hi udakumbham grAmyaa vahanti nija shirasi
    vivadante api anyonya tathaa api na agho jalam patati ।
sanmArga vipravasitaH sthitau hi kasyAmapi vasannevam
    sanmaargaat achyutikRut kRutyam samlakShyacheha varteta ॥

- sUktimuktAvalii

In the village ladies can carry pots of water stacked on top of one another with ease. While they carry, they can talk to each other and it seems as though the pots are not bothering them. Not a drop of water spills over too. We must go about out worldly existence like that. One must not stray from the path of morality even when carrying a lot of load and balancing responsibilities.

- Suktimuktavali